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Sunday, 04 June 2006 |
 New York Times: Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told a gathering of defense experts here on Saturday that Iran was “one of the leading terrorist nations in the world.” |
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Saturday, 03 June 2006 |
 AP: If cornered by the West over its nuclear program, Iran could direct Hezbollah to enlist its widespread international support network to aid in terrorist attacks, intelligence officials say. |
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Wednesday, 31 May 2006 |
 AFP: Two Islamic charities in Gaza said Wednesday they had distributed more than one million dollars donated by Iran to families of "martyrs", including those who carried out anti-Israeli suicide attacks. |
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Saturday, 27 May 2006 |
 UPI: Israel has warned European and U.S. intelligence services of possible terrorist attacks sponsored by Iran during the World Cup, a Saudi newspaper reports. |
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Friday, 26 May 2006 |
 AFP: Iran will retaliate in the event of a US strike, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki warned Friday during a visit to neighbouring Iraq where some 130,000 US troops are based. |
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Friday, 26 May 2006 |
 Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 26 – More than 100 radical Islamists affiliated to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) gathered on Thursday in Tehran’s most famous cemetery vowing to blow themselves up in suicide attacks to kill Americans, Britons, and Israelis. |
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Wednesday, 24 May 2006 |
 Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 24 – Iran will launch a new suicide-bombers garrison on Thursday, according to the head of a group affiliated to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.
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Wednesday, 17 May 2006 |
 Reuters: Jordan's King Abdullah on Wednesday told Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki of his concern about Tehran's hostility to Israel and support for Palestinian militant groups, officials said.
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Wednesday, 10 May 2006 |
 Reuters: Jordan said on Wednesday that Hamas had tried to recruit activists for military training in Syria and Iran to stage possible attacks in Jordan and said it had found new weapons that included Iranian rocket launchers. |
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Monday, 08 May 2006 |
 Iran Focus: London, May 08 – Kuwaiti security services have uncovered and arrested a group of agents belonging to Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) that were spying on locations used by American personnel in Kuwait, according to an Arab-language website. |
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Tuesday, 02 May 2006 |
 Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 02 – Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps issued a daring threat on Tuesday to attack Israel if the United States carried out “mischief”. |
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Friday, 28 April 2006 |
 Iran Focus: London, Apr. 28 – The United States described Iran on Friday as the most active state sponsor of terrorism. |
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Friday, 28 April 2006 |
 Iran Focus: London, Apr. 28 – A senior United States official accused Iran on Friday of supporting rejectionist groups and attempting to destabilise the Middle East. |
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Thursday, 27 April 2006 |
 CNN: As the U.N. Security Council considers sanctions against Iran for its nuclear program, U.N. ambassadors are also holding consultations about Iran's involvement in Lebanon, according to U.S. Ambassador John Bolton. |
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Wednesday, 26 April 2006 |
 Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 26 – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued a direct threat at the United States on Wednesday, saying that it would “harm” American interests all over the world if an attack was launched against its nuclear installations, state television reported. |
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Tuesday, 25 April 2006 |
 Iran Focus: London, Apr. 25 – Britain said on Tuesday that the international community had to take “very seriously” threats by Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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Monday, 24 April 2006 |
 Iran Focus: London, Apr. 24 – British Prime Minister Tony Blair accused Iran on Monday of sponsoring terrorism and said that to deal with Tehran’s nuclear ambitions the international community must send Tehran a “signal of strength”. |
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Monday, 24 April 2006 |
 Wall Street Journal: The Bush administration is intensifying efforts to cut off funding to Hezbollah, the Shiite organization the U.S. believes is Iran's principal vehicle for conducting terrorist attacks globally. |
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Sunday, 23 April 2006 |
 The Sunday Times: Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, attended a meeting in Syria earlier this year with one of the world’s most wanted terrorists, according to intelligence experts and a former national security official in Washington. |
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Friday, 21 April 2006 |
 Reuters: Iranian forces shelled Iranian Kurdish guerrilla positions inside mountainous northern Iraq early Friday morning to repel an attack, an Iraqi Kurdish official said. |
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Thursday, 20 April 2006 |
 AP: Secretary-General Kofi Annan has urged Iran as well as Syria to cooperate in trying to disarm Lebanese militias that still control parts of the country, the first time the U.N. chief has issued a report linking Tehran to instability in Lebanon. |
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Wednesday, 19 April 2006 |
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The Guardian: Relations between the west and the hardline Iranian regime are set to worsen after a Tehran-based group claimed yesterday it was trying to recruit Iranians and other Muslims in Britain to carry out suicide bombings against Israel. |
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Tuesday, 18 April 2006 |
 The Times: This is as crucial a test for Ehud Olmert as it is for the Hamas Government that took power in the Palestinian territories three weeks ago. The newly elected Israeli Prime Minister, still negotiating to form a coalition after the victory of Kadima last month, said that Israel would respond “in the way and manner required” to the bombing.
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Monday, 17 April 2006 |
 Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 17 – Iran’s military has “fully identified the weak points of the United States and Israel” and has already determined how to deal with the U.S. if it attacked the oil-rich nation, a top military commander said on Monday. |
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Sunday, 16 April 2006 |
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The Sunday Times: Iran has formed battalions of suicide bombers to strike at British and American targets if the nation’s nuclear sites are attacked. According to Iranian officials, 40,000 trained suicide bombers are ready for action. |
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Saturday, 15 April 2006 |
 AFP: Islamic Jihad chief Abdullah Ramadan Shala vowed in Tehran Saturday that his Palestinian militant group would stand by Iran in the event of any United States or Israeli military action. |
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Saturday, 15 April 2006 |
 AFP: Hamas supremo Khaled Meshaal vowed Saturday that the new Palestinian government will not recognise Israel, regardless of mounting international pressure on the militant group to do so. |
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Sunday, 09 April 2006 |
 AP: A Swiss investigator has issued an international arrest warrant for a former Iranian minister for his alleged involvement in the slaying of an exiled Iranian opposition leader, according to a copy of the request obtained Sunday by The Associated Press. |
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Saturday, 08 April 2006 |
 Iran Focus: Paris, Apr. 08 – A Swiss judge has issued an international arrest warrant for the former head of Iran’s notorious secret police for his role in the assassination of a prominent Iranian dissident.
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Tuesday, 04 April 2006 |
 Daily Telegraph: Iran has set up a sophisticated intelligence gathering operation in southern Lebanon to identify targets in northern Israel in the event of a military confrontation over its controversial nuclear programme. |
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